Noli El Fili

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Noli Me Tangereisa novel by FilipinopolymathJo

s Rizal and first published in

1887 in Berlin, Germany. Early

English translations used titleslike An Eagle Flightand TheSocial Cancer, but more recenttranslations have been

published using the original

Latin title. Though originally written

in Spanish, it is more

commonly published and read

in the Philippines in

eitherEnglish orFilipino.Together with its sequel (El

Filibusterismo), the reading

ofNoliis obligatory forjuniorhigh school students all

throughout the archipelago.
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Idea of writing a novel

Jose Rizal, a Filipino nationalist and medical

doctor, conceived the idea of writing a

novel that would expose the ills of

Philippine society after reading Harriet

Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Hepreferred that the prospective novel

express the way Filipino culture was

backward, anti-progress, anti-intellectual,and not conducive to the ideas of the Age

of Enlightenment.
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Proposal in writing the novel:

In a reunion of Filipinos at the house of his

friend Pedro A. Paterno in Madrid on 2 January1884, Rizal proposed the writing of a novel

about the Philippines written by a group of

Filipinos. His proposal was unanimously

approved by the Filipinos present at the party,

among whomwere Pedro, Maximino andAntonio

Paterno, Graciano Lpez Jaena, Evaristo

Aguirre,Eduardo de Lete, JulioLlorente and Valentin Ventura.
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Reason why the project did not materialize:

Initially, the novel was planned to coverand describe all phases of Filipino life, but

almost everybody wanted to write about

women. Rizal even saw his companionsspend more time gambling and flirting with

Spanish women. Because of this, he

pulled out of the plan of co-writing with

others and decided to draft the novel

alone.


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End of 1884 was finished in Madrid

1885 of the second half in Paris1886 last 4th in Germany

April-June 1886 last few chapters in

Wilhemsfeld

February 1886 made the final revision in

Berlin

Elias and Salome

a chapter JPR deleted to save theprinting expenses


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Berliner Buchdruckrei Action Gesselschaft(charged the lowest for the printing of Noli)

300 pesos for 2,000 copies

March 21, 1887 Noli came off the Press

March 29, 1887 gave Viola a complimentary

copy of Noli. The Title of the NOLI

- Touch Me Not taken from the Gospel of St. Luke

Gospel of St. John (Chapter 20, Verses 13-17)

The Authors Dedication

To My Fatherland

The Novel contains 63 Chapters


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El filibusterismo("The Filibustering)also known by its English alternate title

The Reign of Greed,
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October 1887 begun writing the novel

1888 in London made some changes inthe plot and corrected some chapters

March 29, 1891 finished the manuscript

in Biarritz(took him 3 years to write his second novel)

F. Meyer- Van Loo Press, No 66

Viaanderen Street willing to print his book oninstallment basis.


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P200 received from Rodriguez Arias for

the copy of Sucesos July I, 1891 a letter to Basa about his

predicament in the printing of El Fili.

August 6 the printing was suspended Ventura the savior of El Fili (winter of 1886)

September 18, 1891 El Fili came off the

press-sent two printed copies in Hongkong for

Basa and Sixto Lopez


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Valentin Ventura JPR gratefully

donated the original manuscript and anautograph printed copy

Complimentary copies were sent to:

Blumentritt, Mariano Ponce, G. LopezJaena, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Antonio &Juan Luna and other friends.

Filipinos in foreign lands and in thePhilippines praised the novel


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La Publicidad- a Barcelona newspaperpraising the novel is comparable only to

the sublime Alexander Dumas and may

be offered as a model and precious jewel

in the now decadent literature of Spain

El Nuevo Regimen serialized the novelin its issues of October, 1891

400 pesetas Ghent copies were sold ata very high price.

Dedicated to Gom-Bur-Za


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The Manuscript and the Book

- Original manuscript is now in theFilipiniana Division of the Bureau of Public

Libraries in Manila. Acquired by the Phil.

Government from Ventura for P10,000consisting of 279 pages of the long sheet.

FOREWORD & WARNING

-two features in the manuscript that do notappear in the book, evidently to save

printing cost.


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Noli and Fili Compared

Romantic novel

work of the heart,

book of feeling; it has

freshness, color,humor, lightness and

wit.

It has 64 chapters

Dedication:

To My Fatherland

A political novel

work of the head a

book of thought; it

contains bitterness,hatred, pain , violence

and sorrow.

Contains 38 chapters

Dedication:

Gom-Bur-Za


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AIM OF THE NOVEL

To awaken the Filipinos to the idea thatthey belong to a nation, to make them feel

that they have a country to love and to

make them promote its welfare.


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Intellectual Legacies of Rizal relevant in our

daily life:On a fathers useful advice to a son

You are a man now and you must think about your

future and about your duties. You must learn the scienceof life (how to live with other people) and if you remain in

my shadow (always becoming dependent on ones

parents) you will not learn to look far ahead you must

learn of others and greater things.. Sacrifice (give uploving a girlfriend for continuing ones studies) for the

future. (Crisostomo Ibarra)


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On the attitude of children towards theirparents

To carry out my fathers ideas will be morefitting than to weep for him I wish to be

inspired of him who gave me life

(Ibarra to Senor Guevarra)

Sons should aspire to be more that their

parents (Cap. Maria to CapitanaTinay)

On shining in borrowed finery Dont try to shine in borrowed finery (Fr. Damasoto the school teacher)


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On doing work in disgust

Any work done in disgust and shame is a kind

of martyrdom(School teacher to Ibarra)

On honesty

You died for the truth and your convictions(Tasios statement)

In life it is not the criminal who provokes the

most hate but the honest man(Elias to Ibarra)

Truth does not need to borrow garments fromerror (Crisostomo Ibarra)


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On Evils

Evils does not correct another (Ibarra to Guevarra) Evils are not remedied by other evils, and in

our misfortunes each of us has his share of

blame (Elias to Ibarra)

On human rights

Above the ridiculous authority of the

governadorcillo are the rights of the people (Tasio

to Don Filipo)

On the power of Gold

Gold is the most powerful (Tasio to Ibarra)


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On developing self confidence

I made the pupils think that they were morecapable than they really were, which urged them

on to study just as any confidence leads to

notable achievement(School teacher to Ibarra)

On the real cause of disunity

Each one thinks only of himself, no one thinks

of the rest, and therefore we are all weak(DonFilipo to the Governadorcillo)


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On the attitude of the rich

The rich only think of increasing their wealth,pride and show blind them, and as they aregenerally safe, above all when they havepowerful friends, none of them troubles about

the woes of the unfortunate(Tasio to Elias)On judging our fellowmen

Yes to do good, but not to do ill, to correct and

to better, but not to destroy, for if his judgmentsare wrong he has not the power to remedy theevil he has done (Elias to Ibarra)


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On the right to Life

The right to life is inherent in every individuallike the right to liberty a nd to the light (Narrativeportion)

On men of conviction

I like men of conviction (Fr. Fernandez to Isagani)On the death of society

What are physical sufferings compared to moral

tortures? What is the death of the man in thepresence of the death of the society (Simon toBasilio)


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On liberty

Liberty is to man what is education is to the

intelligence(Isagani to Fr. Fernandez)

On the need of correcting the socialorganizationIf your social organization is defective, do you

not change it or at least give heed to the cry ofthose who are injured by it?(Isagani to Fr. Fernandez)

On consecration to a great idea It is a useless life which is not consecrated to a

great idea. It is a stone wasted in the fieldswithout becoming a part of any edifice(Simoun to Basilio)


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On national progress

Study how other nation prosper and then do as

they do(Simoun to several companions)On the lack of personal involvement of the

people

I can admit that the government does not knowthe people, but I believe that the people knowthe government even less. There are uselessofficials, bad ones, if you wish but there are alsogood ones, and if these are unable to doanything, it is because they meet with an inertmass, the people who take little part in theaffairs that concern them(Ibarra to Tasio)


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On positive leadership

the greatness of a man is not in living before histime, a thing almost impossible, but inunderstanding its desires in responding to itsneeds, and in guiding it on its forward way(Simoun to Basilio)

On the right of the people to protestWhen a people is denied light, home, liberty,

justice.. Things that are essential to life andtherefore mans patrimony that people has the

right to treat him who despoils it as we would therobber who intercepts on the highway (the highgovernment official to the Governor-General)

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